Educate yourself to reduce security threats. Who needs hackers or malicious insiders?! You can do just as much damage all by yourself! We’ve been saying it for years, and once again, a major security threat report confirms it: nearly 20% of all security breaches stem from improper employee behavior. According to Verizon’s 2016 Data Breach…
Avoid Trojan horses that bring unwanted “gifts” to your computer. According to the Microsoft security intelligence report, Trojan horses are now the single biggest threat to computer security. A form of malware, Trojan Horses are destructive computer programs that show up in your e-mail or on a web site and look like safe, even helpful…
Learn how working on your computer or mobile device in public places can put company data at risk. In a test by CBS news, a hacker was able to access a journalist’s laptop over public Wi-Fi faster than you can say open sesame. The world is your office. Well, maybe not quite, but it’s closer…
Use these practices to avoid handing your personal information to a criminal. Scam artists often go “phishing” for private information. They’ll send you an e-mail which appears to be from a legitimate source, like a bank or a government agency, give you a form or a link that looks authentic, and then ask you to…
